Rural Philosophy: or, Reflections on knowledge, virtue, and happiness; chiefly in reference to a life of retirement in the countryLongman & Rees, 1803 - 356 sider |
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Side vi
... regards their writings in common as devoted to the instruction and happiness of mankind * , must have very slen- der pretensions to the character either of a philosopher or a moralist ; and , when most favourably estimated , can only ...
... regards their writings in common as devoted to the instruction and happiness of mankind * , must have very slen- der pretensions to the character either of a philosopher or a moralist ; and , when most favourably estimated , can only ...
Side xiv
... regard has been paid to the productions of pagan writers , which too are now become much less ne- cessary , since we are provided with so many admirable models of our own , superior to theirs in point of science , and scarce infe- rior ...
... regard has been paid to the productions of pagan writers , which too are now become much less ne- cessary , since we are provided with so many admirable models of our own , superior to theirs in point of science , and scarce infe- rior ...
Side xx
... regard is due to the very lan- guage of scripture , and that by a wanton or injudicious departure from it Christianity has suffered in its most essential doctrines , and been almost reduced to a system of ethics ; but it ought also , on ...
... regard is due to the very lan- guage of scripture , and that by a wanton or injudicious departure from it Christianity has suffered in its most essential doctrines , and been almost reduced to a system of ethics ; but it ought also , on ...
Side xxiii
... regard to parti- cular words or phrases , or any other partia- lity whatever , to speak up honestly to the reality of things , and to convey important truth with evidence and impression . And this effect , it is hoped , will not ...
... regard to parti- cular words or phrases , or any other partia- lity whatever , to speak up honestly to the reality of things , and to convey important truth with evidence and impression . And this effect , it is hoped , will not ...
Side xxvi
... regard has been had to use than to theory , to what is just and ap- plicable to human conduct , than to researches that might seem profound or scientific ; which the equitable reader , it is presumed , will neither ascribe to the ...
... regard has been had to use than to theory , to what is just and ap- plicable to human conduct , than to researches that might seem profound or scientific ; which the equitable reader , it is presumed , will neither ascribe to the ...
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